Add Gumis scripts - delete placeholders. Disable debugs.

45 files changed, 943 insertions, 1474 deletions

diff --git a/db/constants.conf b/db/constants.conf
index 043ce489..ab0f14cf 100644
--- a/db/constants.conf
+++ b/db/constants.conf
@@ -4062,6 +4062,11 @@ constants_db: {
     NPC_CAUL:               179
     NPC_MALIK:              180
     NPC_SNARFLES:           181
+    NPC_OLD_MAN_HURNS:      182
+    NPC_BERNARD:            183
+    NPC_SABINE:             184
+    NPC_MIKHAIL:            185
+    NPC_TROUPE_LEADER:      186
 
     NPC_CONFUSED_TREE:      400
     NPC_ALIGE:              401
diff --git a/db/re/item_db.conf b/db/re/item_db.conf
index 7428287d..560cc22b 100644
--- a/db/re/item_db.conf
+++ b/db/re/item_db.conf
@@ -1299,6 +1299,60 @@ item_db: (
     ">
 },
 {
+    Id: 564
+    AegisName: "RoastedMaggot"
+    Name: "Roasted Maggot"
+    Type: "IT_HEALING"
+    Buy: 500
+    Sell: 50
+    Weight: 25
+    Job: {
+        All: true
+    }
+    Gender: "SEX_ANY"
+    Refine: false
+    ViewSprite: 564
+    BindOnEquip: false
+    BuyingStore: true
+    Delay: 750
+    Sprite: 0
+    UseEffect: "EFFECT_HEAL"
+    Script: <"
+        @min = 100;
+        @max = 250;
+        @delay = 25;
+        @type = 1;
+        doevent "rand_sc_heal::OnUse";
+    ">
+},
+{
+    Id: 565
+    AegisName: "CherryCake"
+    Name: "Cherry Cake"
+    Type: "IT_HEALING"
+    Buy: 800
+    Sell: 75
+    Weight: 35
+    Job: {
+        All: true
+    }
+    Gender: "SEX_ANY"
+    Refine: false
+    ViewSprite: 564
+    BindOnEquip: false
+    BuyingStore: true
+    Delay: 450
+    Sprite: 0
+    UseEffect: "EFFECT_HEAL"
+    Script: <"
+        @min = 180;
+        @max = 360;
+        @delay = 50;
+        @type = 1;
+        doevent "rand_sc_heal::OnUse";
+    ">
+},
+{
     Id: 700
     AegisName: "SmallTentacles"
     Name: "Small Tentacles"
@@ -3881,6 +3935,33 @@ item_db: (
     Sprite: 0
 },
 {
+    Id: 2914
+    AegisName: "NohMask"
+    Name: "Noh Mask"
+    Type: "IT_ARMOR"
+    Buy: 25000
+    Sell: 5200
+    Weight: 150
+    Atk: 0
+    Matk: 0
+    Def: 20
+    Range: 0
+    Slots: 0
+    Job: {
+        All: true
+    }
+    Gender: "SEX_ANY"
+    Loc: "EQP_HEAD_TOP"
+    WeaponLv: 0
+    EquipLv: 15
+    Refine: false
+    ViewSprite: 2914
+    BindOnEquip: false
+    BuyingStore: true
+    Delay: 0
+    Sprite: 0
+},
+{
     Id: 3200
     AegisName: "Shemagh"
     Name: "Shemagh"
diff --git a/maps/re/008-1.mcache b/maps/re/008-1.mcache
index e8534b08..8672702d 100644
--- a/maps/re/008-1.mcache
+++ b/maps/re/008-1.mcache
diff --git a/npc/001-1/_import.txt b/npc/001-1/_import.txt
index eb522c73..a8cfa7d7 100644
--- a/npc/001-1/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/001-1/_import.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 "npc/001-1/salem.txt",
 "npc/001-1/shop.txt",
 "npc/001-1/sign.txt",
+"npc/001-1/sophialla.txt",
 "npc/001-1/taree.txt",
 "npc/001-1/treeleaf.txt",
 "npc/001-1/trees.txt",
diff --git a/npc/001-3-0/_import.txt b/npc/001-3-0/_import.txt
index 320f28ce..5ead6439 100644
--- a/npc/001-3-0/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/001-3-0/_import.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 // This file is generated automatically. All manually added changes will be removed when running the Converter.
 "npc/001-3-0/_mobs.txt",
 "npc/001-3-0/_warps.txt",
+"npc/001-3-0/mundane.txt",
diff --git a/npc/008-1/_import.txt b/npc/008-1/_import.txt
index 12348cb0..31bb5966 100644
--- a/npc/008-1/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/_import.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 "npc/008-1/banu.txt",
 "npc/008-1/confused-tree.txt",
 "npc/008-1/hinnak.txt",
-"npc/008-1/lady.txt",
-"npc/008-1/lumberjack.txt",
+"npc/008-1/jack.txt",
 "npc/008-1/mapflags.txt",
+"npc/008-1/mikhail.txt",
 "npc/008-1/milly.txt",
+"npc/008-1/old-man.txt",
+"npc/008-1/old-woman.txt",
 "npc/008-1/oscar.txt",
+"npc/008-1/sabine.txt",
 "npc/008-1/snarfles.txt",
+"npc/008-1/soul-menhir.txt",
 "npc/008-1/voltain.txt",
 "npc/008-1/wateranimation.txt",
diff --git a/npc/008-1/hinnak.txt b/npc/008-1/hinnak.txt
index 13f06be7..08b6242a 100644
--- a/npc/008-1/hinnak.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/hinnak.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 008-1,270,74,0	script	Hinnak#008-1	NPC_HINNAK,{
 
-    if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
+       if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
     {
         npctalk3 generic(1 | 16 | 64);
         end;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/jack.txt b/npc/008-1/jack.txt
index 1f205a59..d8f1ff2d 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/jack.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/jack.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 // Description:
 //    Jack Lumber, the handsome lumberjack
 
-008-1,242,117,0	script	Jack	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
 
-    function bow_intro {
+008-1,241,116,0	script	Jack	NPC_LUMBERJACK,{
+
+     function bow_intro {
         speech(4,
             l("Why not?!"),
             l("I value my life, that's why!"));
@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@
     close;
 
 OnInit:
-    .logs_item = Aquada; // FIXME: change this when we get RawLog
+    .logs_item = RawLog;
     .logs_amount = 40; // XXX: maybe nlogn?
     .shield_cost = 5000; // XXX: maybe nlogn?
     .shield_exp = 2500;
-    .shield_item = Aquada; // FIXME: change this when we get WoodenShield
+    .shield_item = WoodenShield;
 
     .quest_bow = HurnscaldQuests_ForestBow;
     .quest_shield = HurnscaldQuests_WoodenShield;
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-1/lady.txt b/npc/008-1/lady.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d7869eb..00000000
--- a/npc/008-1/lady.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    Micksha
-// Description:
-//    Old Lady in the flower field.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
-
-008-1,231,114,0	script	Lady#008-1	NPC_OLD_LADY,{
-    speech
-        l("Oh, good day to you."),
-        l("Aren't these flowers lovely? I wish I could stay here all day."),
-        lg("I wish you the best, see you around.");
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 2;
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/008-1/lumberjack.txt b/npc/008-1/lumberjack.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c158e5a6..00000000
--- a/npc/008-1/lumberjack.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    Micksha
-// Description:
-//    The Legendary Lumberjack.
-
-008-1,241,116,0	script	Lumberjack	NPC_LUMBERJACK,{
-    speech
-        l("Oh hey!"),
-        lg("If you feel bored or anxious, you can always pixel an axe. Wait, what does that even mean?");
-        l("Anyhow, it's better than running around in circles doing nothing.");
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/mikhail.txt b/npc/008-1/mikhail.txt
index e071e914..3e442499 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/mikhail.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/mikhail.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    takes part in the slime soup quest (Bernard)
 
-008-1,308,72,0	script	Mikhail	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-1,298,95,0	script	Mikhail	NPC_MIKHAIL,{
 
     function soup_scared {
         speech 4,
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
     close;
 
 OnInit:
-    .third_item = Aquada; // FIXME: change this when we have MaggotSlime
+    .third_item = MaggotSlime;
     .third_item_qty = 5;
-    .third_item_mob = Fluffy; // FIXME: change this when we have Maggot
+    .third_item_mob = Maggot;
 
     .third_reward_exp = 100;
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-1/milly.txt b/npc/008-1/milly.txt
index 93daaa9a..0ea17a1c 100644
--- a/npc/008-1/milly.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/milly.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,109 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi
+// Quest states (inspector):
+//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
+//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
+//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
+//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
+//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
+//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
+//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
+//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
+//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
+//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
+//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
+//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
+//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
+//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
+//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
+//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
+//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
+//    [2] unused
+//    [3] unused
+//    [t] unused
 // Description:
-//    Little Milly, looking for a new hero.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
+//    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-1,282,114,0	script	Milly#008-1	NPC_GIRL_MILLY,{
-    speech
-        l("Oh, hi."),
-        l("Are you a hero? For sure not such a great hero than Kfahr!"),
-        l("If you could prove it, I would give you my Beanie Copter, but unfortunately someone threw it away."),
-        lg("My beautiful Beanie Copter!");
+008-1,282,114,0	script	Milly	NPC_GIRL_MILLY,{
+
+       // TODO: make the actual beanie copter quest after those are finished:
+    // [X] Inspector quest
+    // [ ] Bone knife quest
+    // [ ] Setzer quest
+    // [ ] Rossy quest
+    // [ ] Cindy quest
+
+    .@q_inspector = getq(.quest_inspector);
+
+    speech(4,
+        l("Hello traveler, welcome to Hurnscald."),
+        l("Have you met Kfahr yet?"),
+        l("He is the greatest hero that ever walked the land of Hurnscald!"));
+
+    selectd(
+        l("Hi! No, I haven't seen him yet."),
+        l("Where can I find him?"),
+        l("Mh, I don't care for heroes."),
+        l("Hello, yes I have met him."),
+        rif(.@q_inspector == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange lately?")),
+        rif(.@q_inspector == 2, l("Do you know anything about the recent robberies?")));
+
+    switch (@menu)
+    {
+    case 3:
+        speech(4,
+            l("What?"),
+            l("Surely you do not appreciate what a hero he is!"),
+            l("Mh, or perhaps honor is dead in you; for you to be so slow to comprehend the good that his exploits have wrought for us."), // XXX: this sentence seems too complicated to come from a child's mouth
+            l("Put on your thinking cap and be propelled into high adventure!"),
+            l("Go to Kfahr, and listen to his stories."),
+            l("You can't have met him."),
+            l("No one who has met him would say such silly things."));
+        // fallthrough
+
+    case 1:
+        speech(4,
+            l("I highly recommend you seek him out!"));
+        // fallthrough
+
+    case 2:
+        speech(
+            l("He is a regular at the inn, located in the north-west part of town."),
+            l("If you are lucky he might tell you a story about his adventures."));
+        break;
+
+    case 4:
+        speech(
+            l("Oh, I hope you stayed and listened to his stories about his adventures."));
+        break;
+
+    case 5:
+        speech(
+            l("I haven't seen anything strange."));
+        break;
+
+    case 6:
+        speech(
+            l("No, sorry."));
+        break;
+    }
 
     close;
 
 OnInit:
+    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector; // TODO: change this to the milly quest debug when it exists
     .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/old-man.txt b/npc/008-1/old-man.txt
index 6914e50c..c2004a7d 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/old-man.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/old-man.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-1,293,124,0	script	Old Man	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-1,290,139,0	script	Old Man	NPC_OLD_MAN_HURNS,{
 
     function oldman_ask {
         speech(4,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/old-woman.txt b/npc/008-1/old-woman.txt
index 2a2591b4..c6ca467b 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/old-woman.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/old-woman.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Evol scripts.
+/// Evol scripts.
 // Author:
 //    gumi
 // Quest states:
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 //    [3] unused
 //    [t] unused
 // Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
+//    Old Lady in the flower field, Robberies in Hurnscald.
 
-008-1,230,113,0	script	Old Woman	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-1,231,114,0	script	Old Woman	NPC_OLD_LADY,{
 
     function is_inspector {
         return (getequipcardid(EQI_HEAD_MID, 0) == NavyBlueCottonDye /*&&
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/sabine.txt b/npc/008-1/sabine.txt
index 1d0cc38a..87026efb 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/sabine.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/sabine.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-1,291,97,0	script	Sabine	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-1,291,97,0	script	Sabine	NPC_SABINE,{
 
     if (getq(.quest_inspector) != 2)
     {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/soul-menhir.txt b/npc/008-1/soul-menhir.txt
index 0b2d177d..dd1a6e38 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/soul-menhir.txt
+++ b/npc/008-1/soul-menhir.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    place of power, mana refills faster when sitting nearby
 
-008-1,253,112,0	script	Soul Menhir#hurnscald	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-1,253,112,0	script	Soul Menhir#hurnscald	NPC_NO_SPRITE,{
 
     end;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-1/inspector.txt b/npc/008-2-1/inspector.txt
index 7bcc7cb0..725f5cbd 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-1/inspector.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-1/inspector.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,190 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi
+// Quest states:
+//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
+//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
+//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
+//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
+//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
+//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
+//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
+//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
+//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
+//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
+//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
+//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
+//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
+//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
+//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
+//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
+//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
+//    [2] unused
+//    [3] unused
+//    [t] unused
 // Description:
-//    The Inspector not willing to do his job.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
+//    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-2-1,30,34,0	script	Inspector#008-1	NPC_INSPECTOR,{
-    speech
-        l("Oh hey!"),
-        l("Got a beer for me? No? Then I am too busy for your stupid problems.");
-        lg("Go away, and bring a beer next time you pass by.");
+008-2-1,30,34,0	script	Inspector	NPC_INSPECTOR,{
 
+    if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
+    {
+        npctalk3(l("I'm sorry, but I'm busy looking into this string of robberies."));
+        end;
+    }
+
+    // OnTalk:
+    switch (getq(.quest))
+    {
+    case 0:
+    case 1:
+        speech(4,
+            l("Hmm... what to do."));
+        narrator(4,
+            l("He looks up and into your face."));
+        speech(4,
+            l("You look capable, will you help me solve these robberies?"),
+            l("I would go myself, but for some reason I'm a non-walking NPC."));
+
+        if (selectd("Yes", "No") == 2) {
+            closeclientdialog();
+            close;
+        }
+
+        speech(
+            l("Ok then."),
+            l("I'd like you to ask the villagers about the recent string of robberies."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 2);
+        end;
+
+    case 2:
+        npctalk3(l("Please continue talking to the villagers."));
+        end;
+
+    case 3:
+        speech(
+            l("Hm..."),
+            l("I don't know if I trust her eyesight or memory."),
+            l("See if someone else knows anything."));
+        close;
+
+    case 4:
+        speech(
+            l("Someone in a theater mask, eh?"),
+            l("There was a traveling theater troupe in town recently, but they've moved on to Tulimshar."),
+            l("Please go talk to their leader about this."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 5);
+        end;
+
+    case 5:
+        npctalk3(l("Please go talk to the leader of the traveling troupe about the theater mask."));
+        end;
+
+    case 6:
+        speech(
+            l("Hm... an old man?"),
+            l("Could you interrogate him for me?"));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 7);
+        end;
+
+    case 7:
+        npctalk3(l("Have you talked with the old man yet?"));
+        end;
+
+    case 8:
+        npctalk3(l("Can you verify that with his wife?"));
+        end;
+
+    case 9:
+        speech(
+            l("Hm... then it couldn't be him."),
+            l("I'm not sure where to go from here, maybe you can find something else."),
+            l("Try talking to everyone again."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 10);
+        end;
+
+    case 10:
+        npctalk3(l("Made any progress yet?"));
+        end;
+
+    case 11:
+        npctalk3(l("Then go north and investigate!"));
+        end;
+
+    case 12:
+        npctalk3(l("Did you look over the basement?"));
+        end;
+
+    case 13:
+        speech(
+            l("What a strange note."),
+            l("I'll keep track of this, while you return the mask to the troupe."),
+            l("I would go myself, but the developers were too lazy to make me walk."),
+            "...",
+            l("By the way, stay sharp! I may call upon you again."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 14);
+        end;
+
+    case 14:
+        npctalk3(l("Please return the mask to the traveling troupe."));
+        end;
+
+    case 15:
+        speech(
+            l("My men have found all of the stolen items."),
+            l("They were all in the mining camp."),
+            l("We still don't know who did it.")); // XXX: feel free to extend this quest beyond this point
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest, 16);
+        getexp(.reward_exp, 0);
+        end;
+
+    case 16:
+        npctalk3(l("Remember to stay sharp. I might need your help on another case."));
+        end;
+    }
+
+    closeclientdialog();
     close;
 
+OnPCLoginEvent:
+OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
+    if (BaseLevel >= .min_level && getq(.quest) < 1)
+    {
+        setq(.quest, 1); // allow the player to do the quest
+        dispbottom(l("New quest available: %s (level %d+)",
+            getquestlink(.quest), .min_level)); // XXX: requires new manaplus versions, maybe show a different message for old versions?
+    }
+    end;
+
 OnInit:
+    .min_level = 20; // min level to do the quest
+
+    .reward_exp = 2500;
+
+    .quest = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest;
     .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/008-2-12/nurse.txt b/npc/008-2-12/nurse.txt
index 4fd65257..29452258 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-12/nurse.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-12/nurse.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,101 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi
+// Quest states:
+//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
+//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
+//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
+//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
+//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
+//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
+//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
+//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
+//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
+//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
+//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
+//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
+//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
+//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
+//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
+//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
+//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
+//    [2] unused
+//    [3] unused
+//    [t] unused
 // Description:
-//    Hurnscald Nurse.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
+//    Hurnscald Nurse. Robberies in Hurnscald.
 
-008-2-12,28,30,0	script	Nurse#008-2-12	NPC_NURSE_LEGACY,{
-    speech
-        l("Hey."),
-        l("The doctor is upstairs, but perhaps he can't help you much today."),
-        lg("Just smile, everything will be better soon then.");
+008-2-12,28,30,0	script	Nurse	NPC_NURSE_LEGACY,{
 
-    close;
+    speech(4,
+        l("How can I help you?"));
+
+    // TODO: check for AxeHat when we get it
+    // XXX: this npc used to teach the resist poison skill, do we still want that?
+
+    selectd(
+        l("Oooh, these wounds! They hurt so much!"),
+        l("I don't feel so well, I might be sick."),
+        l("No, I'm fine."),
+        rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything out of the ordinary?")));
+
+    switch (@menu)
+    {
+    case 1:
+        if (BaseLevel > .heal_max_level)
+        {
+            speech(
+                l("I'm sorry but I'm here only to help young people."), // XXX: this sounds cruel towards elderly people
+                l("Your level is already higher than %d.", .heal_max_level),
+                l("You can get some rest at the inn near here."));
+            close;
+        }
+        speech(4,
+            l("Here, let me heal you."));
+
+        npcskill(AL_HEAL, .heal_skill_level, .heal_npc_stats, .heal_npc_level);
+
+        speech(
+            l("There you go, like new."));
+        close;
+    case 2:
+        speech(
+            l("Then you should better see the doctor."),
+            l("He is usually in his office on the 3rd floor."));
+        close;
+    case 3:
+        speech(
+            l("Then I would ask you to leave."),
+            l("There are people who really need our help."));
+        close;
+    case 4:
+        speech(
+            l("I'm too busy here to observe the town."));
+        close;
+    }
+
+
+    end;
 
 OnInit:
+    .heal_max_level = 20; // she will only heal low level players
+
+    .heal_skill_level = 10; // what level of the healing skill to use
+    .heal_npc_stats = 99; // what stat points the NPC has
+    .heal_npc_level = 60; // what level the npc has
+
+    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
     .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/008-2-14/doctor.txt b/npc/008-2-14/doctor.txt
index 2a450ae2..52c8653c 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-14/doctor.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-14/doctor.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,80 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi
+// Quest states:
+//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
+//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
+//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
+//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
+//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
+//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
+//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
+//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
+//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
+//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
+//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
+//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
+//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
+//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
+//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
+//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
+//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
+//    [2] unused
+//    [3] unused
+//    [t] unused
 // Description:
 //    The crazy Hurnscald Doctor.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
 
-008-2-14,27,27,0	script	Doctor#008-2-14	NPC_DOCTOR_LEGACY,{
-    speech
-        l("Hey."),
-        l("Do you have some kind of pain?"),
-        lg("Oh, I see. You should go see your pixcialist.");
+008-2-14,27,27,0	script	Doctor	NPC_DOCTOR_LEGACY,{
 
-    close;
+    speech(4,
+        l("Hello, can I help you?"));
+
+    // TODO: check for AxeHat when we get it
+    // TODO: check for EyePatch when we get it
+
+    selectd(
+        l("I think I am sick!"),
+        l("No, I feel fine."),
+        rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange in town? Anything that might have to do with the robberies?")));
+
+    switch (@menu)
+    {
+    case 1:
+        narrator(4,
+            l("The doctor examines you briefly."));
+        // TODO: check for poison or other status conditions currently in use
+        speech(
+            l("Nonsense!"),
+            l("You look fine and dandy to me."),
+            l("All you need is a bit more exercise and fresh fruit in your diet!"));
+        close;
+    case 2:
+        speech(
+            l("Then please stop wasting my precious time."));
+        close;
+    case 3:
+        speech(
+            l("No, I haven't seen anything."));
+        close;
+    }
+
+
+    end;
 
 OnInit:
-    .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
+    .sex = G_MALE;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/008-2-18/malik.txt b/npc/008-2-18/malik.txt
index 3d43332c..ab95dc92 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-18/malik.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-18/malik.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,65 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi
+// Quest states:
+//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
+//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
+//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
+//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
+//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
+//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
+//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
+//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
+//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
+//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
+//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
+//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
+//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
+//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
+//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
+//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
+//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
+//    [2] unused
+//    [3] unused
+//    [t] unused
 // Description:
-//    Malik.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
+//    robberies in hurnscald
+//    TODO: Make Malik prepare Crude Gem from shards, and make him produce Gem Powder later, once the player visited Tulim(dont tell WildX, though)
 
 008-2-18,32,24,0	script	Malik#008-2-18	NPC_MALIK,{
-    speech
-        l("Hi there."),
-        l("My name is Malik. I used to make the finest Gempowder. But since Overlord WildX prohibited magic in Hurns, and along with this making gem powders, I can only try to melt gem shards into crude gems."),
-        l("Anyhow, this does not work well yet. Perhaps you should come back later."),
-        lg("Psst, if one day you may need gem powder, meet me in the basement.");
+      if (getq(.quest_inspector) == 11)
+    {
+        speech(4,
+            l("Hi, can I help you at all?"));
 
-    close;
+        selectd(
+            l("The inspector sent me here to investigate."));
+
+        speech(4,
+            l("Yeah, we did hear a commotion."),
+            l("We thought we heard someone go down to the basement, but we checked the whole place over and didn't see anything out of the ordinary."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest_inspector, 12);
+        end;
+    }
+
+    npctalk3(generic(32 | 256));
+    end;
 
 OnInit:
+    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
     .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/008-2-19/_import.txt b/npc/008-2-19/_import.txt
index c080bfb8..1d12e589 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-19/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-19/_import.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // Map 008-2-19: Mining Camp Basement
 // This file is generated automatically. All manually added changes will be removed when running the Converter.
 "npc/008-2-19/_warps.txt",
+"npc/008-2-19/books.txt",
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/books.txt b/npc/008-2-19/books.txt
index 3407e0cd..81cd4b98 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/books.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-19/books.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-1,247,40,0	script	bookcase	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-19,33,21,0	script	bookcase	NPC_NO_SPRITE,{
 
     if (getq(.quest_inspector) != 12)
     {
diff --git a/npc/008-2-2/_import.txt b/npc/008-2-2/_import.txt
index e7ccd597..9fc64957 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-2/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-2/_import.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 "npc/008-2-2/_warps.txt",
 "npc/008-2-2/bartender.txt",
 "npc/008-2-2/kfahr.txt",
+"npc/008-2-2/ledmitz.txt",
 "npc/008-2-2/mapflags.txt",
 "npc/008-2-2/melinda.txt",
-"npc/008-2-2/micksha.txt",
+"npc/008-2-2/note.txt",
 "npc/008-2-2/receptionist.txt",
-"npc/008-2-2/roamingo.txt",
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/ledmitz.txt b/npc/008-2-2/ledmitz.txt
index df7b8d8e..5939428e 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/ledmitz.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-2/ledmitz.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Author:
 //    gumi
 
-008-2-2,43,34,0	script	Ledd	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-2,43,34,0	script	Ledd	NPC_DRINKER_ROAMINGO,{
                 // XXX: ^ I know it should be Led and Mitz but 4144 made names
                 //        shorter than 4 characters illegal
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
 }
 
-008-2-2,46,34,0	script	Mitz	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-2,46,34,0	script	Mitz	NPC_DRINKER_MICKSHA,{
 
     deltimer("Ledd::OnTalk");
     addtimer(rand(500, 900), "Ledd::OnTalk");
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-2/micksha.txt b/npc/008-2-2/micksha.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 099bff34..00000000
--- a/npc/008-2-2/micksha.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    Micksha
-// Description:
-//    Drinker Micksha
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
-
-008-2-2,46,34,0	script	Micksha#008-2-2	NPC_DRINKER_MICKSHA,{
-    speech
-        l("Hello Sir *hicks*."),
-        l("Umm, can you perhaps spring for a beer? *hicks* I'm broken.");
-        lg("*burp* ... .");
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/note.txt b/npc/008-2-2/note.txt
index f449ac89..2fcce90f 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/note.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-2/note.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-2/roamingo.txt b/npc/008-2-2/roamingo.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 98c82ef8..00000000
--- a/npc/008-2-2/roamingo.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    Micksha
-// Description:
-//    Drinker Roamingo
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
-
-008-2-2,43,34,0	script	Roamingo#008-2-2	NPC_DRINKER_ROAMINGO,{
-    speech
-        l("Oh hi my friend *hicks*"),
-        l("Eh... shiver me timbers! *hicks* Where did you find this hat??");
-        lg("Know what *hicks*, if you give me the hat, the next round will be on me.");
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/008-2-24/_import.txt b/npc/008-2-24/_import.txt
index e8f862f4..63cfe25c 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-24/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-24/_import.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // Map 008-2-24: Dimond's Cove Ground Floor
 // This file is generated automatically. All manually added changes will be removed when running the Converter.
 "npc/008-2-24/_warps.txt",
+"npc/008-2-24/troupe-leader.txt",
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/troupe-leader.txt b/npc/008-2-24/troupe-leader.txt
index 05f20e6a..8b10fed8 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/troupe-leader.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-24/troupe-leader.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    robberies in hurnscald
 
-008-1,306,115,0	script	Troupe Leader	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-24,41,39,0	script	Troupe Leader	NPC_DIMOND,{
 
     function nohmask_question {
         // XXX: shouldn't the player ask a question before she replies Yes? this feels too abrupt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     close;
 
 OnInit:
-    .reward_item = Aquada; // FIXME: change this when we get NohMask
+    .reward_item = NohMask; // FIXME: change this when we get NohMask
     .reward_exp = 1500;
 
     .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-4/_import.txt b/npc/008-2-4/_import.txt
index 61c043be..826aa135 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-4/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-4/_import.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 // This file is generated automatically. All manually added changes will be removed when running the Converter.
 "npc/008-2-4/_savepoints.txt",
 "npc/008-2-4/_warps.txt",
+"npc/008-2-4/bernard.txt",
 "npc/008-2-4/mapflags.txt",
 "npc/008-2-4/olana.txt",
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/bernard.txt b/npc/008-2-4/bernard.txt
index 5c3f25ff..a528bcc3 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/bernard.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-4/bernard.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // Description:
 //    Bernard wants to make a maggot slime soup
 
-008-2-4,34,29,0	script	Bernard	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-4,34,29,0	script	Bernard	NPC_BERNARD,{
 
     if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
     {
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
 OnInit:
     .min_level = 10; // min level to do the quest
 
-    .first_item = Aquada; // FIXE: change this when we have RoastedMaggot
-    .first_reward_item = Aquada; // reward item // FIXME: change this when we have CherryCake
+    .first_item = RoastedMaggot; 
+    .first_reward_item = CherryCake;
     .first_reward_amount = 5;
     .first_reward_exp = 100;
 
-    .second_item = Aquada; // FIXE: change this when we have MaggotSlime
+    .second_item = MaggotSlime;
     .second_item_qty = 3;
-    .second_reward_item = Aquada; // reward item // FIXME: change this when we have Beer
+    .second_reward_item = Beer;
     .second_reward_amount = 3;
     .second_reward_exp = 100;
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-6/alan.txt b/npc/008-2-6/alan.txt
index b34f7bef..eebd11cd 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-6/alan.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-6/alan.txt
@@ -2,19 +2,302 @@
 // Author:
 //    Micksha
 // Description:
-//    Alan the bow-seller.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
+//    Alan the bow-maker.
 
-008-2-6,31,25,0	script	Alan#008-2-4	NPC_YOUNG_MAN_KFAHR,{
-    speech
-        l("Hi Sir."),
-        l("Bad timing when you are asking for bows. Our bowmaker Gumi hasn't been seen for days now."),
-        lg("Come back later, perhaps we are lucky and he teaches you how to chop trees for wood.");
+008-2-6,32,24,0	script	Alan	NPC_YOUNG_MAN_KFAHR,{
 
+    function bow_intro {
+        speech(4,
+            l("When you want to buy something then please speak to my apprentice."),
+            l("I am only doing special requests."));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("OK, thanks."),
+            rif(BaseLevel >= .min_level, l("Can you make me a really good bow?")),
+            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
+
+        switch (@menu)
+        {
+        case 1: closeclientdialog(); close;
+        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
+        }
+
+        speech(4,
+            l("You mean like one of my legendary forest bows?"));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("Yes, that would be nice."));
+
+        speech(4,
+            l("Sorry, I am not making these anymore."));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("Oh, too bad."),
+            l("What? Why not?"));
+
+        if (@menu == 1) {
+            closeclientdialog();
+            close;
+        }
+
+        speech(4,
+            l("The problem is that I am short of material."),
+            l("My forestbows are not made of regular wood, you know."),
+            l("They are made of special living wood."),
+            l("And only the best logs of living wood are good enough for them."),
+            l("I used to get these logs from Jack, the handsome lumberjack."),
+            l("But the last time I asked him for a new delivery he said that he would never again get any for me."));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("Too bad."),
+            l("Did you ask him why?"));
+
+        if (@menu == 1) {
+            closeclientdialog();
+            close;
+        }
+
+        speech(4,
+            l("Sure I did."),
+            l("But he just told me to leave him alone."),
+            l("Maybe you could ask him what's wrong?"));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("OK, I'll ask him."),
+            l("I am sure he got his reasons."));
+
+        setq(.quest_bow, 2);
+        closeclientdialog();
+        close;
+    }
+
+    function bow_reminder {
+        if (getq(.quest_inspector) == 2)
+        {
+            speech(4,
+                l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
+
+            selectd(
+                l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?"));
+
+            speech(l("No."));
+            close;
+        }
+
+        npctalk3(l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
+        end;
+    }
+
+    function bow_explain {
+        speech(4,
+            l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("Yes, I did. He said that the trees turned into dangerous monsters."),
+            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
+
+        if (@menu != 1)
+        {
+            speech(l("No."));
+            close;
+        }
+
+        speech(
+            l("Oh, that's really bad news."),
+            l("Maybe you can do his job?"),
+            l("If you kill some of these tree monsters and bring me their wood I could take a look at them."),
+            l("Maybe you will find a piece of wood that is strong enough to become one of my forest bows."));
+
+        close2;
+        setq(.quest_bow, 4);
+        end;
+    }
+
+    function bow_make {
+        speech(4,
+            l("I can make you a really nice forest bow out of this."),
+            l("I just need %s E for material and work time.",
+                format_number(.req_esp)));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("%s??? What a ripoff!", format_number(.req_esp)),
+            rif(Zeny >= .req_esp, l("Sure, here you go!")),
+            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
+
+        switch (@menu)
+        {
+        case 1: speech(l("Fine, I'll just hold on to this log should you ever change your mind.")); close;
+        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
+        }
+
+        // XXX: maybe here we could make the player wait real-world hours for Alan to finish?
+
+        if (checkweight(.reward_item, 1) != true)
+        {
+            speech(
+                l("It seems you can't carry the bow right now."),
+                l("Go clean up your inventory and come back."));
+            close;
+        }
+
+        if (Zeny < .req_esp)
+            close; // double-check
+
+        setq(.quest_bow, 6);
+        Zeny -= .req_esp;
+        getitem(.reward_item, 1);
+        getexp(.reward_exp, 0);
+
+        speech(
+            l("Here you go - have fun with it."));
+        close;
+    }
+
+    function bow_check_wood {
+        speech(4,
+            l("How is the hunt going?"),
+            l("Did you bring me any wood?"));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("No, sorry."),
+            rif(countitem(.req_item) >= 1, l("Here, take a look!")),
+            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
+
+        switch (@menu)
+        {
+        case 1: closeclientdialog(); close;
+        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
+        }
+
+        .@first = true;
+
+        do {
+            if (countitem(.req_item) < 1)
+                break;
+
+            if (.@first == false)
+            {
+                narrator(4,
+                    l("You hand him another log."));
+            }
+
+            delitem(.req_item, 1);
+            .@first = false;
+
+            speech(4,
+                l("Hmmm... looks ok, but is it strong enough?"));
+
+            narrator(4,
+                l("Alan bends the log over his knee."));
+
+            if (rand(.success_rate) == 0)
+            {
+                narrator(4 | 8,
+                    l("Alan tries as hard as he can but the log won't bend."));
+
+                speech(4,
+                    l("Aaah!"),
+                    l("Yes!"),
+                    l("That is a really fine piece of wood you brought me."),
+                    l("It will make an excellent bow!"));
+
+                setq(.quest_bow, 5);
+                setq(.quest_shield, 1);
+
+                narrator(4,
+                    l("He proceeds to further scrutinize the log."));
+
+                bow_make;
+                end;
+            }
+
+             narrator(4 | 8,
+                l("The log breaks with a loud crack."));
+
+             speech(4,
+                l("Sorry, this log was too weak for one of my forest bows."),
+                l("Now it is junk."),
+                l("Do you wish to try again?"));
+
+             selectd(
+                l("Sure, here you go."),
+                l("Hey! Stop breaking my stuff!"));
+
+             if (@menu != 1) {
+                closeclientdialog();
+                close;
+             }
+
+        } while (true);
+
+        speech(l("It seems you have no wood left."));
+        close;
+    }
+
+    function bow_done {
+        speech(4,
+            l("I hope you are satisfied with your forest bow."),
+            l("It is one of my best works."));
+
+        selectd(
+            l("I am!"),
+            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
+
+        switch (@menu)
+        {
+        case 2: speech(l("No.")); close;
+        default: closeclientdialog(); close;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // OnTalk:
+    switch (getq(.quest_bow))
+    {
+    case 0:
+    case 1: bow_intro; break;
+    case 2: bow_reminder; break;
+    case 3: bow_explain; break;
+    case 4: bow_check_wood; break;
+    case 5: bow_make; break;
+    default: bow_done; break;
+    }
+
+    closeclientdialog();
     close;
 
+OnPCLoginEvent:
+OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
+    if (BaseLevel >= .min_level && getq(.quest_bow) < 1)
+    {
+        setq(.quest_bow, 1); // allow the player to do the quest
+        dispbottom(l("New quest available: %s (level %d+)",
+            getquestlink(.quest_bow), .min_level)); // XXX: requires new manaplus versions, maybe show a different message for old versions?
+    }
+    end;
+
 OnInit:
+    .min_level = 25; // min level to do the quest
+
+    .req_item = RawLog; // item required to make the bow
+    .req_esp = 10000; // amount of Esperin required to make the bow
+    .reward_item = ForestBow; // quest reward (item)
+    .reward_exp = 500; // quest reward (exp)
+    .success_rate = 20; // one in X chances to get a perfect log
+
+    .quest_bow = HurnscaldQuests_ForestBow;
+    .quest_shield = HurnscaldQuests_WoodenShield;
+    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
+    .quest_debug = .quest_bow;
     .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/008-2-8/_import.txt b/npc/008-2-8/_import.txt
index 8b3da720..8bb44bb1 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-8/_import.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-8/_import.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Map 008-2-8: Hurnscald Forge
 // This file is generated automatically. All manually added changes will be removed when running the Converter.
 "npc/008-2-8/_warps.txt",
-"npc/008-2-8/apprentice.txt",
+"npc/008-2-8/macgowan.txt",
 "npc/008-2-8/mapflags.txt",
 "npc/008-2-8/nicholas.txt",
diff --git a/npc/008-2-8/apprentice.txt b/npc/008-2-8/apprentice.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e15e7db7..00000000
--- a/npc/008-2-8/apprentice.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    Micksha
-// Description:
-//    The Smith's apprentice.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
-
-008-2-8,38,29,0	script	Apprentice#008-2-8	NPC_YOUNG_MAN_APPRENTICE,{
-    speech
-        l("Hi Sir."),
-        l("If you bring us ores, we will be able to make the finest equipment."),
-        lg("Come back a bit later when you are interested.");
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/macgowan.txt b/npc/008-2-8/macgowan.txt
index 2f65b9fe..efeee33e 100644
--- a/npc/placeholder/macgowan.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-8/macgowan.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    gumi
+//    Micksha
+// Description:
+//    The Smith's apprentice.
+// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
 
-008-2-8,38,29,0	script	Macgowan	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
+008-2-8,38,29,0	script	Macgowan	NPC_YOUNG_MAN_APPRENTICE,{
     npctalk3(l("Hello, I am Macgowan, apprentice to Nicholas."));
     end;
 
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ OnInit:
 // REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
 // NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
 ////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
 ///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
 
     end;
diff --git a/npc/008-2-8/nicholas.txt b/npc/008-2-8/nicholas.txt
index 9dab65e8..7b62090d 100644
--- a/npc/008-2-8/nicholas.txt
+++ b/npc/008-2-8/nicholas.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 // Evol scripts.
 // Author:
-//    Micksha
+//    gumi, Micksha
 // Description:
 //    Nicholas the Smith.
-// THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER!
 
-008-2-8,39,27,0	script	Nicholas#008-2-8	NPC_NICHOLAS,{
-    speech
-        l("Hi Sir."),
-        lg("If you need stable metal gear, you are right! But first I must bring the steel atoms in the right order, hold on.");
+008-2-8,40,27,0	script	Nicholas	NPC_NICHOLAS,{
+    speech(
+        l("Hello, there!"),
+        l("I'm an expert blacksmith."),
+        l("If you get me some Coal and Iron Ingots, I could make you a very valuable shield or helmet."));
 
+    // TODO: setzer quest
     close;
 
 OnInit:
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 2;
+    .distance = 3;
+
+////////// UNFINISHED //////////
+////////////////////////////////
+// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
+// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
+////////////////////////////////
+//if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
+///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
+
     end;
 }
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/alan.txt b/npc/placeholder/alan.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e8e42b7..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/alan.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,323 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states (forest bow):
-//    [1] 0 - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1 - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2 - alan wants to ask jack
-//    [1] 3 - jack explained problem
-//    [1] 4 - alan asks to find wood
-//    [1] 5 - found perfect wood
-//    [1] 6 - got the bow
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Quest states (wooden shield):
-//    [1] 0 - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1 - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2 - jack proposes shield
-//    [1] 3 - player accepted quest
-//    [1] 4 - got the shield
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    Jack Lumber, the handsome lumberjack
-
-008-2-6,31,26,0	script	Alan	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    function bow_intro {
-        speech(4,
-            l("When you want to buy something then please speak to my apprentice."),
-            l("I am only doing special requests."));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("OK, thanks."),
-            rif(BaseLevel >= .min_level, l("Can you make me a really good bow?")),
-            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
-
-        switch (@menu)
-        {
-        case 1: closeclientdialog(); close;
-        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
-        }
-
-        speech(4,
-            l("You mean like one of my legendary forest bows?"));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("Yes, that would be nice."));
-
-        speech(4,
-            l("Sorry, I am not making these anymore."));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("Oh, too bad."),
-            l("What? Why not?"));
-
-        if (@menu == 1) {
-            closeclientdialog();
-            close;
-        }
-
-        speech(4,
-            l("The problem is that I am short of material."),
-            l("My forestbows are not made of regular wood, you know."),
-            l("They are made of special living wood."),
-            l("And only the best logs of living wood are good enough for them."),
-            l("I used to get these logs from Jack, the handsome lumberjack."),
-            l("But the last time I asked him for a new delivery he said that he would never again get any for me."));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("Too bad."),
-            l("Did you ask him why?"));
-
-        if (@menu == 1) {
-            closeclientdialog();
-            close;
-        }
-
-        speech(4,
-            l("Sure I did."),
-            l("But he just told me to leave him alone."),
-            l("Maybe you could ask him what's wrong?"));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("OK, I'll ask him."),
-            l("I am sure he got his reasons."));
-
-        setq(.quest_bow, 2);
-        closeclientdialog();
-        close;
-    }
-
-    function bow_reminder {
-        if (getq(.quest_inspector) == 2)
-        {
-            speech(4,
-                l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
-
-            selectd(
-                l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?"));
-
-            speech(l("No."));
-            close;
-        }
-
-        npctalk3(l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
-        end;
-    }
-
-    function bow_explain {
-        speech(4,
-            l("Did you already ask Jack why he won't deliver me any more living wood?"));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("Yes, I did. He said that the trees turned into dangerous monsters."),
-            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
-
-        if (@menu != 1)
-        {
-            speech(l("No."));
-            close;
-        }
-
-        speech(
-            l("Oh, that's really bad news."),
-            l("Maybe you can do his job?"),
-            l("If you kill some of these tree monsters and bring me their wood I could take a look at them."),
-            l("Maybe you will find a piece of wood that is strong enough to become one of my forest bows."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest_bow, 4);
-        end;
-    }
-
-    function bow_make {
-        speech(4,
-            l("I can make you a really nice forest bow out of this."),
-            l("I just need %s E for material and work time.",
-                format_number(.req_esp)));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("%s??? What a ripoff!", format_number(.req_esp)),
-            rif(Zeny >= .req_esp, l("Sure, here you go!")),
-            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
-
-        switch (@menu)
-        {
-        case 1: speech(l("Fine, I'll just hold on to this log should you ever change your mind.")); close;
-        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
-        }
-
-        // XXX: maybe here we could make the player wait real-world hours for Alan to finish?
-
-        if (checkweight(.reward_item, 1) != true)
-        {
-            speech(
-                l("It seems you can't carry the bow right now."),
-                l("Go clean up your inventory and come back."));
-            close;
-        }
-
-        if (Zeny < .req_esp)
-            close; // double-check
-
-        setq(.quest_bow, 6);
-        Zeny -= .req_esp;
-        getitem(.reward_item, 1);
-        getexp(.reward_exp, 0);
-
-        speech(
-            l("Here you go - have fun with it."));
-        close;
-    }
-
-    function bow_check_wood {
-        speech(4,
-            l("How is the hunt going?"),
-            l("Did you bring me any wood?"));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("No, sorry."),
-            rif(countitem(.req_item) >= 1, l("Here, take a look!")),
-            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
-
-        switch (@menu)
-        {
-        case 1: closeclientdialog(); close;
-        case 3: speech(l("No.")); close;
-        }
-
-        .@first = true;
-
-        do {
-            if (countitem(.req_item) < 1)
-                break;
-
-            if (.@first == false)
-            {
-                narrator(4,
-                    l("You hand him another log."));
-            }
-
-            delitem(.req_item, 1);
-            .@first = false;
-
-            speech(4,
-                l("Hmmm... looks ok, but is it strong enough?"));
-
-            narrator(4,
-                l("Alan bends the log over his knee."));
-
-            if (rand(.success_rate) == 0)
-            {
-                narrator(4 | 8,
-                    l("Alan tries as hard as he can but the log won't bend."));
-
-                speech(4,
-                    l("Aaah!"),
-                    l("Yes!"),
-                    l("That is a really fine piece of wood you brought me."),
-                    l("It will make an excellent bow!"));
-
-                setq(.quest_bow, 5);
-                setq(.quest_shield, 1);
-
-                narrator(4,
-                    l("He proceeds to further scrutinize the log."));
-
-                bow_make;
-                end;
-            }
-
-             narrator(4 | 8,
-                l("The log breaks with a loud crack."));
-
-             speech(4,
-                l("Sorry, this log was too weak for one of my forest bows."),
-                l("Now it is junk."),
-                l("Do you wish to try again?"));
-
-             selectd(
-                l("Sure, here you go."),
-                l("Hey! Stop breaking my stuff!"));
-
-             if (@menu != 1) {
-                closeclientdialog();
-                close;
-             }
-
-        } while (true);
-
-        speech(l("It seems you have no wood left."));
-        close;
-    }
-
-    function bow_done {
-        speech(4,
-            l("I hope you are satisfied with your forest bow."),
-            l("It is one of my best works."));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("I am!"),
-            rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange recently that might be connected to the robberies?")));
-
-        switch (@menu)
-        {
-        case 2: speech(l("No.")); close;
-        default: closeclientdialog(); close;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // OnTalk:
-    switch (getq(.quest_bow))
-    {
-    case 0:
-    case 1: bow_intro; break;
-    case 2: bow_reminder; break;
-    case 3: bow_explain; break;
-    case 4: bow_check_wood; break;
-    case 5: bow_make; break;
-    default: bow_done; break;
-    }
-
-    closeclientdialog();
-    close;
-
-OnPCLoginEvent:
-OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
-    if (BaseLevel >= .min_level && getq(.quest_bow) < 1)
-    {
-        setq(.quest_bow, 1); // allow the player to do the quest
-        dispbottom(l("New quest available: %s (level %d+)",
-            getquestlink(.quest_bow), .min_level)); // XXX: requires new manaplus versions, maybe show a different message for old versions?
-    }
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .min_level = 25; // min level to do the quest
-
-    .req_item = RawLog; // item required to make the bow
-    .req_esp = 10000; // amount of Esperin required to make the bow
-    .reward_item = ForestBow; // quest reward (item)
-    .reward_exp = 0; // quest reward (exp)
-    .success_rate = 20; // one in X chances to get a perfect log
-
-    .quest_bow = HurnscaldQuests_ForestBow;
-    .quest_shield = HurnscaldQuests_WoodenShield;
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest_bow;
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/doctor.txt b/npc/placeholder/doctor.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index af36d1e2..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/doctor.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states:
-//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
-//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
-//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
-//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
-//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
-//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
-//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
-//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
-//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
-//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
-//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
-//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
-//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
-//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
-//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
-
-008-2-14,29,30,0	script	Doctor	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    speech(4,
-        l("Hello, can I help you?"));
-
-    // TODO: check for AxeHat when we get it
-    // TODO: check for EyePatch when we get it
-
-    selectd(
-        l("I think I am sick!"),
-        l("No, I feel fine."),
-        rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange in town? Anything that might have to do with the robberies?")));
-
-    switch (@menu)
-    {
-    case 1:
-        narrator(4,
-            l("The doctor examines you briefly."));
-        // TODO: check for poison or other status conditions currently in use
-        speech(
-            l("Nonsense!"),
-            l("You look fine and dandy to me."),
-            l("All you need is a bit more exercise and fresh fruit in your diet!"));
-        close;
-    case 2:
-        speech(
-            l("Then please stop wasting my precious time."));
-        close;
-    case 3:
-        speech(
-            l("No, I haven't seen anything."));
-        close;
-    }
-
-
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/hinnak.txt b/npc/placeholder/hinnak.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dd211fd..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/hinnak.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,352 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states:
-//    [1] 0 - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1 - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2 - hinnak asked for help
-//    [1] 3 - helped hinnak
-//    [2]     kill counter
-// Description:
-//    Hinnak needs help to get rid of {mobname}
-
-008-1,270,77,0	script	Hinnak	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
-    {
-        npctalk3 generic(1 | 16 | 64);
-        end;
-    }
-
-    function hinn_new_player
-    {
-        if(getequipid(EQI_HEAD_TOP) == .bad_hat)
-        {
-            narrator 4,
-                l("The farmer lunges at you with a farming implement.");
-            heal -50, 0;
-
-            selectd
-                l("I'm out of here."),
-                l("Whoa, what are you doing?");
-
-            if (@menu == 1)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            speech 4 | 1,
-                l("Sorry, you look like a pinkie."),
-                l("They've been destroying my fields, and I guess I got a bit worked up.");
-        }
-
-        else
-        {
-            speech 4,
-                l("Argh!"),
-                l("I hate them!"),
-                l("I @#$% hate them!"),
-                l("I @#$% hate these @#$% pinkies!");
-
-            selectd
-                l("You need some anger control therapy."),
-                l("Why do you hate them?");
-
-            if (@menu == 1)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            speech 4 | 1,
-                l("These @#$% beasts are jumping around in my fields destroying all my harvest."),
-                l("But they are too fast."),
-                l("I can't catch them.");
-        }
-
-        selectd
-            l("Want me to help you?");
-
-        speech 4 | 1,
-            l("Yes, you look quite fast."),
-            l("Maybe you can catch some of them."),
-            l("That will pay them a lesson."),
-            l("Slay some of them and bring me %d of their antennae.", .drop_count);
-
-        setq .quest, 2, 0;
-
-        selectd
-            l("How much is this worth to you?");
-
-        speech 1,
-            l("Well, I can't offer you much."),
-            l("But I got an old scythe laying around."),
-            l("Maybe you can use it as a weapon.");
-
-        close;
-    }
-
-    function hinn_help
-    {
-        if (getequipid(EQI_HEAD_TOP) == .bad_hat)
-        {
-            narrator 4,
-                l("The farmer glares at your hat.");
-        }
-
-        speech 4,
-            l("Have you got the %d antennae?", .drop_count);
-
-        selectd
-            l("Not yet, but I am working on it."),
-            rif(countitem(.monster_drop) >= .drop_count, l("Sure, here they are!"));
-
-        if (@menu == 1)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (getq2(.quest) < .kill_count)
-        {
-            speech 1,
-                l("Don't try to fool me!"),
-                l("I know you didn't kill them yourself!"),
-                l("Kill at least %d pinkies and come back.", .kill_count);
-            close;
-        }
-
-        speech 1,
-            l("Thank you very much"),
-            l("As promised, here's my old scythe."),
-            l("Maybe you can use it as a weapon."),
-            l("It is a bit cumbersome but its strikes are deadly.");
-
-        if (countitem(.monster_drop) >= .drop_count)
-        {
-            delitem .monster_drop, .drop_count;
-            getitem .reward_item, 1;
-            Zeny += .reward_money;
-            //getexp .reward_exp, 0;
-            setq .quest, 3;
-        }
-        close;
-    }
-
-    function hinn_thanks
-    {
-        if (getequipid(EQI_HEAD_TOP) == .bad_hat)
-        {
-            speech 4,
-                l("That better be a trophy on your head.");
-
-            selectd
-                l("It is.");
-
-            speech 4 | 1,
-                l("Good then."),
-                l("Thanks for your help with the pinkies.");
-        }
-
-        else
-        {
-            speech 4,
-                l("Good to see you again."),
-                l("Thanks again for helping me with the pinkies!");
-        }
-
-        selectd
-            l("Sure, any time!"),
-            l("Anything else you want me to do?"),
-            l("You're welcome. Bye!");
-
-        if (@menu == 3)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        speech 4 | 1,
-            l("Actually, it's been a long day."),
-            l("If it's no trouble, could you get me a %s?",
-                getitemlink(.drink_item));
-
-        selectd
-            rif(countitem(.drink_item) >= 1, l("Here you are.")),
-            l("Sure, I'll go get one. Bye!"),
-            l("You shouldn't drink while working!");
-
-        do
-        {
-            switch (@menu)
-            {
-                case 2: return;
-                case 3:
-                    speech 1,
-                        l("Well, I'm done for the day, and I'm quite old enough to decide when I can have a %s, thank you!",
-                            getitemname(.drink_item));
-                    selectd
-                        rif(countitem(.drink_item) >= 1, l("Sorry... here you are.")),
-                        l("I don't have any.");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    if (countitem(.drink_item) < 1)
-                    {
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    delitem .drink_item, 1;
-
-                    narrator 4 | 8 | 2 | 1,
-                        l("%s takes a sip.", .name$);
-
-                    speech 4,
-                        l("Aaah!"),
-                        l("Nothing like a well-deserved %s after a long day of tending the crops!",
-                            getitemname(.drink_item)),
-                        l("Thanks, that was very kind of you!");
-
-                    narrator 4 | 8 | 1 | 2,
-                        l("He takes another sip.");
-
-                    speech 4,
-                        l("Thanks!"),
-                        l("You know, I had the strangest thing happen to me."),
-                        l("I had this patch of ground that was really clumpy; lots of clay, you see."),
-                        l("Right over there."),
-                        // TODO: move cam to the spot
-                        l("Looks much better now, doesn't it?"),
-                        // TODO: restore cam
-                        l("But how I got there is kind of scary..."),
-                        l("I'd been trying to break it up for a while, but that kind of work is a pain."),
-                        l("So my wife said that I should go and see the witch, just in case she knows something."),
-                        l("And sure enough I ask the witch, and she has a look at it."),
-                        l("“Nothing I can do”, she says, “but I can ask a friend”."),
-                        l("So the next day another witch shows up."),
-                        l("Gorgeous woman, but when she looked at me, the scares went scuttling down my spine..."),
-                        l("First thing she asked was if I'm a farmer."),
-                        l("Said her friend had told her that I needed help."),
-                        l("I show her what the problem is, and she tells me to go inside and wait.");
-
-                    narrator 4 | 8 | 1 | 2,
-                        l("%s drains his mug in one long sip, then hesitates.", .name$);
-
-                    speech 4,
-                        l("So I go inside."),
-                        l("I'm barely in when it starts raining outside, pouring cats and mouboos!"),
-                        l("Not so weird, perhaps, except that it was been bright and sunny just a second before!"),
-                        l("So I rush out, my wife telling me to leave the witch alone, and I see her standing there in the middle of the rain..."),
-                        l("None of the raindrops touched her, as if they were afraid!"),
-                        l("Then she yells out some gobbledygook word, and out of the ground there comes a swarm of maggots, crawling and digging and climbing over each other's backs..."),
-                        // XXX: maybe here insert a reference to SUSAN?
-                        l("And then she turns to me!"),
-                        l("Seeing her gaze, for a moment there I thought she would turn me into a pinkie, for sure..."),
-                        l("But all she says is, “had you stayed inside, you wouldn't be wet now”.");
-
-                    selectd
-                        l("Hahaha!"),
-                        l("Whoah, scary..."),
-                        l("What was that gobbledygook word?"),
-                        l("I better go now. Bye.");
-
-                    switch (@menu)
-                    {
-                        case 1:
-                            speech 1,
-                                l("Yeah, funny now..."),
-                                l("But you should've seen that gaze!"),
-                                l("Ah, well, never mind.");
-                            close;
-                        case 2:
-                            speech 1,
-                                l("Yeah, you could say that...");
-                            close;
-                        case 3:
-                            speech 1,
-                                l("Oh, I can't be sure..."),
-                                l("But something like “Nanaj princino”, I think."); // this is "Dwarven Princess" translated to Esperanto
-                            close;
-                    }
-                    return;
-            }
-        } while(true);
-    }
-
-    // OnTalk:
-
-    if (getq(.quest_inspector) == 11)
-    {
-        selectd
-            l("Did you see anyone in a mask come by here at night?"),
-            l("Did you see anyone with a large satchel come by here at night?"),
-            l("Hello.");
-
-        switch (@menu)
-        {
-            case 1:
-                speech
-                    l("No."),
-                    l("It tends to be too dark to see a mask.");
-                close;
-
-            case 2:
-                speech
-                    l("Yes, I saw someone with a large sack on their back go to the mining camp.");
-                close;
-        }
-    }
-
-    switch (getq(.quest))
-    {
-        case 0:
-        case 1: hinn_new_player; break;
-        case 2: hinn_help; break;
-        default: hinn_thanks;
-    }
-
-    closeclientdialog();
-    close;
-
-OnNPCKillEvent:
-    // XXX: maybe have a OnTakeScript on the pinky antena item so we count pickups instead of kills
-    if (killedrid == .monster_id && getq(.quest) == 2 &&
-        getq2(.quest) < .kill_count && strcharinfo(PC_MAP) == .map$)
-    {
-        setq .quest, 2, getq2(.quest) + 1;
-    }
-    end;
-
-OnPCLoginEvent:
-OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
-    if (BaseLevel >= .min_level && getq(.quest) < 1)
-    {
-        setq .quest, 1; // allow the player to do the quest
-        dispbottom l("New quest available: %s (level %d+)",
-            getquestlink(.quest), .min_level); // XXX: requires new manaplus versions, maybe show a different message for old versions?
-    }
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .min_level = 15; // min level to do the quest
-    .monster_id = Fluffy; // monster to kill // FIXME: change this when we have pinkies
-    .monster_drop = FluffyFur; // monster drop to collect // FIXME: change this when we have pinkies
-    .drop_count = 10; // amount of that drop needed
-    .kill_count = 10; // min number of kills
-    .reward_item = WoodenSword; // reward item // FIXME: change this when we have he Scythe
-    .reward_money = 0; // reward money
-    .reward_exp = 0; // reward exp
-    .bad_hat = BrimmedFlowerHat; // hinnak attacks you when you wear this hat // FIXME: make this pinky hat when we get it
-    .drink_item = Beer; // the item hinnak asks to drink // FIXME: make this beer when we have it
-
-    .quest = HurnscaldQuests_Hinnak;
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest;
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/inspector.txt b/npc/placeholder/inspector.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f25ef1dd..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/inspector.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states:
-//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
-//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
-//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
-//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
-//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
-//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
-//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
-//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
-//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
-//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
-//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
-//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
-//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
-//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
-//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
-
-008-2-1,30,35,0	script	Inspector	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    if (BaseLevel < .min_level)
-    {
-        npctalk3(l("I'm sorry, but I'm busy looking into this string of robberies."));
-        end;
-    }
-
-    // OnTalk:
-    switch (getq(.quest))
-    {
-    case 0:
-    case 1:
-        speech(4,
-            l("Hmm... what to do."));
-        narrator(4,
-            l("He looks up and into your face."));
-        speech(4,
-            l("You look capable, will you help me solve these robberies?"),
-            l("I would go myself, but for some reason I'm a non-walking NPC."));
-
-        if (selectd("Yes", "No") == 2) {
-            closeclientdialog();
-            close;
-        }
-
-        speech(
-            l("Ok then."),
-            l("I'd like you to ask the villagers about the recent string of robberies."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 2);
-        end;
-
-    case 2:
-        npctalk3(l("Please continue talking to the villagers."));
-        end;
-
-    case 3:
-        speech(
-            l("Hm..."),
-            l("I don't know if I trust her eyesight or memory."),
-            l("See if someone else knows anything."));
-        close;
-
-    case 4:
-        speech(
-            l("Someone in a theater mask, eh?"),
-            l("There was a traveling theater troupe in town recently, but they've moved on to Tulimshar."),
-            l("Please go talk to their leader about this."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 5);
-        end;
-
-    case 5:
-        npctalk3(l("Please go talk to the leader of the traveling troupe about the theater mask."));
-        end;
-
-    case 6:
-        speech(
-            l("Hm... an old man?"),
-            l("Could you interrogate him for me?"));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 7);
-        end;
-
-    case 7:
-        npctalk3(l("Have you talked with the old man yet?"));
-        end;
-
-    case 8:
-        npctalk3(l("Can you verify that with his wife?"));
-        end;
-
-    case 9:
-        speech(
-            l("Hm... then it couldn't be him."),
-            l("I'm not sure where to go from here, maybe you can find something else."),
-            l("Try talking to everyone again."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 10);
-        end;
-
-    case 10:
-        npctalk3(l("Made any progress yet?"));
-        end;
-
-    case 11:
-        npctalk3(l("Then go north and investigate!"));
-        end;
-
-    case 12:
-        npctalk3(l("Did you look over the basement?"));
-        end;
-
-    case 13:
-        speech(
-            l("What a strange note."),
-            l("I'll keep track of this, while you return the mask to the troupe."),
-            l("I would go myself, but the developers were too lazy to make me walk."),
-            "...",
-            l("By the way, stay sharp! I may call upon you again."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 14);
-        end;
-
-    case 14:
-        npctalk3(l("Please return the mask to the traveling troupe."));
-        end;
-
-    case 15:
-        speech(
-            l("My men have found all of the stolen items."),
-            l("They were all in the mining camp."),
-            l("We still don't know who did it.")); // XXX: feel free to extend this quest beyond this point
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest, 16);
-        getexp(.reward_exp, 0);
-        end;
-
-    case 16:
-        npctalk3(l("Remember to stay sharp. I might need your help on another case."));
-        end;
-    }
-
-    closeclientdialog();
-    close;
-
-OnPCLoginEvent:
-OnPCBaseLvUpEvent:
-    if (BaseLevel >= .min_level && getq(.quest) < 1)
-    {
-        setq(.quest, 1); // allow the player to do the quest
-        dispbottom(l("New quest available: %s (level %d+)",
-            getquestlink(.quest), .min_level)); // XXX: requires new manaplus versions, maybe show a different message for old versions?
-    }
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .min_level = 30; // min level to do the quest
-
-    .reward_exp = 2500;
-
-    .quest = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest;
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/malek.txt b/npc/placeholder/malek.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 219a059a..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/malek.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states:
-//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
-//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
-//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
-//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
-//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
-//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
-//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
-//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
-//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
-//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
-//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
-//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
-//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
-//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
-//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
-
-008-1,233,42,0	script	Malek	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    if (getq(.quest_inspector) == 11)
-    {
-        speech(4,
-            l("Hi, can I help you at all?"));
-
-        selectd(
-            l("The inspector sent me here to investigate."));
-
-        speech(4,
-            l("Yeah, we did hear a commotion."),
-            l("We thought we heard someone go down to the basement, but we checked the whole place over and didn't see anything out of the ordinary."));
-
-        close2;
-        setq(.quest_inspector, 12);
-        end;
-    }
-
-    npctalk3(generic(32 | 256));
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
-    .sex = G_MALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/milly.txt b/npc/placeholder/milly.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 03c39d42..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/milly.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states (inspector):
-//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
-//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
-//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
-//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
-//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
-//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
-//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
-//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
-//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
-//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
-//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
-//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
-//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
-//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
-//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
-
-008-1,282,112,0	script	Milly	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    // TODO: make the actual beanie copter quest after those are finished:
-    // [X] Inspector quest
-    // [ ] Bone knife quest
-    // [ ] Setzer quest
-    // [ ] Rossy quest
-    // [ ] Cindy quest
-
-    .@q_inspector = getq(.quest_inspector);
-
-    speech(4,
-        l("Hello traveler, welcome to Hurnscald."),
-        l("Have you met Kfahr yet?"),
-        l("He is the greatest hero that ever walked the land of Hurnscald!"));
-
-    selectd(
-        l("Hi! No, I haven't seen him yet."),
-        l("Where can I find him?"),
-        l("Mh, I don't care for heroes."),
-        l("Hello, yes I have met him."),
-        rif(.@q_inspector == 2, l("Have you seen anything strange lately?")),
-        rif(.@q_inspector == 2, l("Do you know anything about the recent robberies?")));
-
-    switch (@menu)
-    {
-    case 3:
-        speech(4,
-            l("What?"),
-            l("Surely you do not appreciate what a hero he is!"),
-            l("Mh, or perhaps honor is dead in you; for you to be so slow to comprehend the good that his exploits have wrought for us."), // XXX: this sentence seems too complicated to come from a child's mouth
-            l("Put on your thinking cap and be propelled into high adventure!"),
-            l("Go to Kfahr, and listen to his stories."),
-            l("You can't have met him."),
-            l("No one who has met him would say such silly things."));
-        // fallthrough
-
-    case 1:
-        speech(4,
-            l("I highly recommend you seek him out!"));
-        // fallthrough
-
-    case 2:
-        speech(
-            l("He is a regular at the inn, located in the north-west part of town."),
-            l("If you are lucky he might tell you a story about his adventures."));
-        break;
-
-    case 4:
-        speech(
-            l("Oh, I hope you stayed and listened to his stories about his adventures."));
-        break;
-
-    case 5:
-        speech(
-            l("I haven't seen anything strange."));
-        break;
-
-    case 6:
-        speech(
-            l("No, sorry."));
-        break;
-    }
-
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector; // TODO: change this to the milly quest debug when it exists
-    .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/nicholas.txt b/npc/placeholder/nicholas.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f44d19..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/nicholas.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-
-008-2-8,40,27,0	script	Nicholas	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-    speech(
-        l("Hello, there!"),
-        l("I'm an expert blacksmith."),
-        l("If you get me some Coal and Iron Ingots, I could make you a very valuable shield or helmet."));
-
-    // TODO: setzer quest
-    close;
-
-OnInit:
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/placeholder/nurse.txt b/npc/placeholder/nurse.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ee14cd9f..00000000
--- a/npc/placeholder/nurse.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-// Evol scripts.
-// Author:
-//    gumi
-// Quest states:
-//    [1] 0  - cannot do the quest
-//    [1] 1  - can do the quest
-//    [1] 2  - talked to inspector (1) <= start
-//    [1] 3  - talked to old woman (1)
-//    [1] 4  - talked to old woman (2)
-//    [1] 5  - talked to inspector (2)
-//    [1] 6  - talked to troupe leader (1)
-//    [1] 7  - talked to inspector (3)
-//    [1] 8  - talked to old man
-//    [1] 9  - talked to old woman (3)
-//    [1] 10 - talked to inspector (4)
-//    [1] 11 - talked to old woman (4)
-//    [1] 12 - talked to malek
-//    [1] 13 - searched the bookcase
-//    [1] 14 - talked to inspector (5)
-//    [1] 15 - talked to troupe leader (2) <= reward
-//    [1] 16 - talked to inspector (6) <= reward, end
-//    [2] unused
-//    [3] unused
-//    [t] unused
-// Description:
-//    robberies in hurnscald
-
-008-2-12,28,30,0	script	Nurse	NPC_HUMAN_M_ARTIS,{
-
-    speech(4,
-        l("How can I help you?"));
-
-    // TODO: check for AxeHat when we get it
-    // XXX: this npc used to teach the resist poison skill, do we still want that?
-
-    selectd(
-        l("Oooh, these wounds! They hurt so much!"),
-        l("I don't feel so well, I might be sick."),
-        l("No, I'm fine."),
-        rif(getq(.quest_inspector) == 2, l("Have you seen anything out of the ordinary?")));
-
-    switch (@menu)
-    {
-    case 1:
-        if (BaseLevel > .heal_max_level)
-        {
-            speech(
-                l("I'm sorry but I'm here only to help young people."), // XXX: this sounds cruel towards elderly people
-                l("Your level is already higher than %d.", .heal_max_level),
-                l("You can get some rest at the inn near here."));
-            close;
-        }
-        speech(4,
-            l("Here, let me heal you."));
-
-        npcskill(AL_HEAL, .heal_skill_level, .heal_npc_stats, .heal_npc_level);
-
-        speech(
-            l("There you go, like new."));
-        close;
-    case 2:
-        speech(
-            l("Then you should better see the doctor."),
-            l("He is usually in his office on the 3rd floor."));
-        close;
-    case 3:
-        speech(
-            l("Then I would ask you to leave."),
-            l("There are people who really need our help."));
-        close;
-    case 4:
-        speech(
-            l("I'm too busy here to observe the town."));
-        close;
-    }
-
-
-    end;
-
-OnInit:
-    .heal_max_level = 20; // she will only heal low level players
-
-    .heal_skill_level = 10; // what level of the healing skill to use
-    .heal_npc_stats = 99; // what stat points the NPC has
-    .heal_npc_level = 60; // what level the npc has
-
-    .quest_inspector = HurnscaldQuests_Inspector;
-    .quest_debug = .quest_inspector;
-    .sex = G_FEMALE;
-    .distance = 3;
-
-////////// UNFINISHED //////////
-////////////////////////////////
-// REMOVE THIS CODE WHEN THIS //
-// NPC IS NO LONGER A WIP //////
-////////////////////////////////
-if (!debug) disablenpc(.name$);
-///////// UNFINISHED ///////////
-
-    end;
-}
diff --git a/npc/scripts.conf b/npc/scripts.conf
index a5ed16ba..91d5b218 100644
--- a/npc/scripts.conf
+++ b/npc/scripts.conf
@@ -116,26 +116,6 @@
 "npc/config/hairstyle_config.txt",
 
 // placeholder scripts
-"npc/placeholder/hinnak.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/mikhail.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/bernard.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/ledmitz.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/jack.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/inspector.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/alan.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/troupe-leader.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/old-man.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/old-woman.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/books.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/malek.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/milly.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/sabine.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/doctor.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/nurse.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/soul-menhir.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/note.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/macgowan.txt",
-"npc/placeholder/nicholas.txt",
 //"npc/placeholder/angus.txt",
 //"npc/placeholder/caul.txt",
 //"npc/placeholder/receptionist.txt",